Tank-car-outlet valve



Dec. 19, 1922.

o. H. HAUPT.

TANK CAR OUTLET'VAL'VE.

FILED 1m. 12. 192:.

Patented Dec. 19, 192,2.

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CHARLES HAPT, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY VlVlESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO STANDARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPO- RATION F DELAWARE.

TANK-,CAR-OUTLET VALVE.

Application filed January 12, 1921. :Serial No. 436,820. i

To all trimm it may concern:

Ile it known that I, (,iifiiiLiis H. HAUPT, a citizen of the United States. residing atf 777 Salem Avenue. lllizabetln-inthe county of Vnioii and State of New Jersey. have in indicated, and the. application of the cap or closure to tlie'outlet is prevented when the valve is open.

i thereof. illustrated byY the accompanying drawing', in which- ,l

Figure '1 is a vertical 'sectional view through an. outlet valve construction ernbodyiiig the invention, and

,Figure 2 is a. .vertical sectional View through. a modified form of instruction. 4

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates the bottom of a. car tank, provided at 6 with an outlet opening'. Below the outlet opening in outlet nozzle 7Y is secured externally to the bottoni of the tank. by rivets, bolts or other suitable devices. Arcciprocable valve 8, which is operatedby means of a rod 9 (shown broken. away) extending upwardly to the top of the tank,'seats ii'po'n the upper iiitei'iialcdge 9 of the nozzle. T. A rod 10 projects downwardly froui the valve 8 into the nozzle 7, being secured tothe valve in any suitable manner. As shown, the rod .'1() is provided with a of the valve' and is held in vposition by the annular threaded ring` 13. The rod may be lruided by the centralfopening in a spider 14 secured within the nozzle 7. At its lower end the rod 10 is secured to theinovable pivot pin 15, which v'may i suitably pass through an eye in the end of the rod 10 and which pivot pin serves as aA connection lfor the series of toggle links 16, 16, 16 con- Ynectedtoitgether in pantograph fashion and extends horizontally through t-lie nozzle. 'lhe lower ends 18'. 18, of thetoggle links aresubstantially alignedwith the bottoni of the nozzle when the valve is seated and upon to tank cai" The invention will b e fully understood from the following description.

head 11 which-lits within' a ,threaded recess 1Q formed in the bottom valve is open,

having a fixed pivotiipon the pin 17 which raising thevalve are projected downwardly from the nozzle. The lower portion of the nozzle is provided with screw threads 19, whereby a suitable cap;or closure may be secured thereto. y

lt is readiliv apparent that with the construction described tlie position ofthe ends 18. 1S of the toggle ends clearly indicates theI position of the valve a'nd furthermore prevents the application of the closure or cap to the` nozzle except when the valve is closed or seated. It is likewise apparent that when the valve is Iclosed, andthe cap or` closure applied to tlie 'nozzle, the toggle ends are licld by the cap in such positi0n as t0 lock the valve upon its seat.

ln the forni of construction shown in Fig. 2 the numeral 20 indicates the nozzle secured below the outlet opening of the tank car bottoni 21. the numeralA 22 indicating .the reciprocable valve adapted to close the outlet. This valve is provided as in the construction of Fisg. 1v with'a. downwardly projectingrod 23.' passing through an opening iii the spider 21 securedwithin the nozzle 2o.

nectsthe end of the rod Q3 `with one end of the level' :25 a loosely pivoted pendant member 28 is secured. 'l`lie bottom ofthe nozzle is threaded as at 2S) for the application of-a suitable cap. Iii this foi-rn of construction the position of the free 'end ot' the lever 25 and of the pendant 2S .secured thereto indicates the corresl'ioiuling` position of the valve and preventsl application of the closure when the lock the valve on its sea-t when the cap or closure isapplied to thenozz'le.

Although the present invention has 'been described in connection with the specific details 'of forms of construction embodying the saine, it is not intended that the details of the. forms of constructions described are to be regarded as limitations upon the scope In the lower port-ion of the nozzle a 'levervfzf is pivotally mounted upon the pin "26 secured to the nozzle and a link 27 lcon- 'lo the tree end of the lever- The lever likewise acts to' of the invention except insofar as included in the accompanying claims.

l claim:

1. ln a tank car outlet, a nozzle projectine' from the tank. a reciprocable valve adapted to close the outlet from within the tank and means within the nozzle operated of the valve. said means rom the nozzle When the operatively connected to said pivo'tallly` mornted member, whereby the seid member in projected from the nozzle when the valve if: rinsed from Aits seat and is retracted within the nozzle when the `valve is closed.

4. In a tank car outlet.- am outwardly pfui jecting nozzle, :i reciprocaole valveadapten to close the outlet Ytroni w' rod secured raising the valve from its ejeat the free end of the l from the nozzle and on seating the Valve it. is retracted within the nozzle.

5. In n tank car outlet, an outwardly projecting nozzle, a"reeiproceble valve adapted 'to close the outlet trom Within the tank" :i

rod secured to the mounted within the between the Vrod whereby on the free the nozzle and tree-ted within' the nozzle,

er pivotally secured to the the lever,

Valve, il lever pijvotelly nozzle, a connecting link end of the lever i valve from its seat lever is projected from on seating the valve it is re- CHARLES H. HAUPT. J 

